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Everything seemed to be in place for a special afternoon. Dozens of Mets heroes were on hand, the crowd was packed into every single seat, and the gloomy skies that had been pouring rain suddenly gave way to a beautiful day full of sunshine and a summer-like heat. But in the end none of that ...
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Ryan Church
Take the 7 Train will be providing you with plenty of Mets-related content this winter, ranging from looks back at this year to ideas about what needs to be done for next year to analysis of off-season moves as they take place. Right now, it’s time to step back for a couple of days after ...
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Shea Stadium
Oliver Perez
Endy Chavez
Tom Seaver
Mike Piazza
There’s a reason the thread for tomorrow’s game is going up tonight. It’s a special game on a couple of levels - the postseason implications, the historical significance of the final scheduled regular-season game at Shea Stadium - and it’s a game that both of Take the 7 ...
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For the first time in 21 years a New York Met has thrown a complete game shutout on three days rest, and it came in the biggest spot possible. With the season on the line Johan Santana demanded the ball from Jerry Manuel on short rest after throwing a career high 125 pitches and threw the game ...
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Carlos Delgado
Ricky Nolasco
Cody Ross
To say that the Mets have their work cut out for them may be the understatement of the year - winning the final two games of the season offers no guarantee of playing beyond that, but even one loss would end the division race (as it stands now, two Mets wins and two Phillies losses would be ...
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Ricky Nolasco
Normally, I like to offer a few thoughts on the game before getting down to business with the five fingers, but tonight I just can’t do it. This game was just too depressing, and the only way I can still have hope for tomorrow is if I do my best to forget what I just saw.
Thumb: Mike ...
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“Silence is golden. It’s not that good of
a stadium. I remember Tom Glavine walking off the
mound with his head down without getting three outs.” These are the words of Marlins pitcher Scott Olsen . He is just one of the Florida players who ...
Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint , the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The Mets will be looking to not let history repeat itself in the “final weekend of the season, tied for a playoff spot, facing the Marlins at ...
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Kevin Gregg
Cameron Maybin
Andrew Miller
Mike Jacobs
There have been very few constants in this season, unless you view the extreme highs and lows as their own sort of infinite loop. The Mets lose games in heart-breaking, soul-crushing fashion, the kind of losses you think there’s no way to bounce back from - until they go back out there ...
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Pedro Martinez
Chicago Cubs
Micah Hoffpauir
Carlos Beltran
Ryan Church
The Mets are tied for the wild card with the Brewers, trail the Phillies by 1.5 games, and have only 4 games left in the season including tonight. It’s the pinnacle of an all-time great three way pennant race…so why am I depressed? Well, maybe it’s because the Mets suffered ...
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I have decided for the rest of the year (or at least until further notice) when doing my recaps I am going to switch it up a little more and try to make it slightly more entertaining. I will continue to do a quick recap of the game, but instead of going on and on and on about the specific ...
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Oliver Perez
Carlos Delgado
Duaner Sanchez
Luis Ayala
David Wright
With just five games remaining this season, the Mets find themselves holding on to the lead in the wild card race while still trying to fight for the division. If they are to fend off the Brewers or overtake the Phillies, it is crucial that they receive excellent performances from their ...
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Carlos Zambrano
We’re going to try something a little different here tonight. Joe Aiello of View from the Bleachers approached me about the idea of teaming up on a live blog covering tonight’s game, and I hope that you’ll join us, both in following along with our posts and submitting your ...
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Sean Marshall
Rich Harden
Jonathon Niese and the Mets were buried by a 6-run Cubs 4th inning, highlighted by starting pitcher Jason Marquis’ grand slam into the right field bullpen as Chicago won 9-5 and sent the Mets to their 3rd straight loss. The Phillies beat the Braves 6-2 to move to 2.5 games up on the Mets ...
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Jon Niese
Carlos Beltran
Jason Marquis
Reed Johnson
Milwaukee Brewers
For the past two weeks, the Mets have been a team fighting for the playoffs against teams that had long since lost that battle. As Shea’s final homestand begins tonight, the Mets are still fighting against an opponent that has nothing left to fight for, but the situation is quite ...
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Chicago Cubs
Jon Niese
Jason Marquis
Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint , the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. Just one week remains in the 2008 season, and only seven more games are guaranteed to take place at Shea. If more games are played here next month, ...
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Mike Fontenot
Derrek Lee
Aramis Ramirez
Ronny Cedeno
Losing a series could be devastating down the stretch in a tight pennant race, so the rubber game between the Mets and Braves today at Turner Field is enormous. The Mets head into their final road game of the season a half game behind the Phillies in the NL East and 2.5 games ahead of the ...
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Atlanta Braves
Mike Pelfrey
Philadelphia Phillies
Turner Field
The Mets have a little bit of breathing room in the playoff race now, leading the Brewers by 2.5 games for the wild card and the Phillies by a half game in the division with 9 games to go. But as we all know leads can vanish in a flash at the end if the team plays poorly, so the train must ...
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Atlanta Braves
Pedro Martinez
Jorge Campillo
Milwaukee Brewers
Philadelphia Phillies
Typically, a “laugher” is a game where one team builds an insurmountable lead early on and the outcome is never in doubt, where the lopsided score leads to regulars being pulled and position players pitching and other such silliness. Then there are laughers like tonight’s ...
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Atlanta Braves
David Wright
Ryan Church
Jose Reyes
Oliver Perez
Oliver Perez has a history of pitching very well against the Braves. The Mets have a history of playing very badly at Turner Field. These two patterns will come to a head tonight, as the slumping Braves host their favorite prey in the biggest series at Turner Field since September 2001.
The ...
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Game 160 Open Thread: Marlins at Mets